Sandra Olivetti Martin

"Fire at the Stymie Club is a retrospective collection of stories set mainly in St. Louis, in Springfield, Illinois and in Maryland, along the Chesapeake Bay's western shore, where author Sandra Olivetti Martin was co-founder and publisher of a widely read newspaper, Bay Weekly. The book includes versions of her prize-winning stories for the paper. The book also includes features and columns written for the flourishing sister independent, Illinois...

Snapshots in time of endangered Chesapeake Bay icons--treasured oysters, crabs, skipjacks and carousels--along with earth journals and reflections for each month of the year. Timeless essays of a journalist's life and exploration of "Chesapeake County" including the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland's rivers. Accompanied by photographs